WATCH: An Oregon man accused of murder is going viral after footage posted to social media showed him fleeing police and escaping the courthouse.
Edi Villalobos, 28, who is charged with murdering 33-year-old Artemio Guzman-Olvera, fled the Washington County Courthouse on Feb. 27 during the pretrial jury selection, according to a report.Footage from security cameras shows Villalobos being escorted into a courtroom by two officers who placed him in a chair and removed his handcuffs and leg shackles in accordance with state law.
"When someone’s in a trial, and any of the proceedings that goes along with it, including jury selection, Oregon law requires us to remove those restraints, and we did that, obviously."The suspected murderer rose up and ran for the backdoor, making his way through the first-floor halls before heading out a staff-only entrance.
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